Improvement in printers  cases



A. T. DE PUY.

vImprovement in Printers Cases.

No. 114,273. PatentedMay 2,1871.

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Letters raam No. 114,273, dated May' 2'; 1811.

IMPRVEMEN'' IN PRINTERS' CASES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parl: of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it'knowu that I, ALEXANDER T. DE PUY,ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented, made, andapplied to use certain Improvements in the construction of Type-Cases;and that the followingis a full, clear, and correct description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of-this specification and to the letters of reference marked thereon, inwhich- Figure 1 isa-view of a type-case made in accordance with myinvention.

Figure 2 is a view of a second form of case made in the same manner.

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the lling oi' my improved case.

Figures 4 and 5 are views of the filling of a typecase as at presentmade.

In the drawing like parts of the invention are designated by the sameletters of reference.

The nature of the present invention consists in certain improvements inthe construction of type-cases as more fully hereinafter set forth, theobject of the invention being the production of a typecase far moredurable and reliable than those at present in use at aslightly-increased cost to the consumer.

As at present constructed the strips forming the filling of the case arefitted together by sawing away aportion of the vertical and cross-stripsabout onehalf their thickness, so that the unsawed portions of thestrips shall be received within the sawed portions of' the stripsrespectively.

The strips thus yfitted together are more orless` weak, apt to be easilybroken, and the case soon needs repairing or an entire new filling.

'lo overcome this defect in the manufacture of typecascs is the objectof the present invention.

B is the illing inserted in the same, composed of .a series ot' verticaland cross-'strips united as just'de scribed, and dividing the case intoa series of boxes to receive the type placed in the same. i

G shows a series ot' clamps, formed of copper, tin, brass, or anysuitable metal, and made cruciform, which clamps may be struck up,punched, or made in any convenient manuel', and, after the filling B hasbeen placed in the case A, are laced` at the points where the verticaland cross-strips intersect each other, are swaged down so as to fill theangles formed by the vertical and cross-strips, and have passed throughthem brads, which pass entirelythrough the strips andare clinched uponthe under side of the case.

When the type-case is-inadel as shown in iig. 2 of the drawing'the metalis turned down uponone side of the vertical strip, as shown, withthesame result.

rlhe diieulties heretofore described'as attending the use of a type-caseconstructed in the usual manner are entirely overcome by the presentimprove- -men t, which can be readily applied to-any of the typecasesnow in use.

Having thus set forth my improvement,

That I claim as new-is- The combination, with the filling of atype-case, of any number oi' met-al clmnps,when` constructed andpperating substantially as and for the purposes set orth.

Witnesses: ALEXANDERT. DE PUY.

A. SIDNEY DoANE, WM. HAsrINGs.

